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Boot from a flash drive (thumb stick)? Possible or not? If I Copy knoppix to a flash drive. Can I boot to the flash drive instead and load the knoppix program from the flash drive instead of a CD?

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You can boot from flash drive. But installation for a boot flash drive is more complex than booting from CD.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/


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liljone wrote :

If I Copy knoppix to a flash drive.

If you "Copy knoppix" to a hard drive - you wouldn't be able to boot from that hard drive.
You'd need to install the OS to your drive - HDD or Flash.
Also the PC has to support booting from a USB flash drive. Not all PC's BIOS allow for that.
The flash drive must have boot sector area created with special utilities and the flash drive must contain the boot/system files.

 


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where can i find special utilities for making boot sector/file system (FAT if possable) so i can make a flash drive bootable?


Message edited by liljone on 06-05-2008 at 07:41:03 PM
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i think you can use Ubuntu on a flash drive.if not use it to create a boot sector.

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You should be able to find all the directions and/or utilities at the http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ site shadow listed.
How To Run Linux From A USB Flash Drive

 

Look like knoppix has it's own tools: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/20/installing-usb-knoppix-51-using-linux/

 


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WR2 wrote :

You should be able to find all the directions and/or utilities at the http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ site shadow listed.
How To Run Linux From A USB Flash Drive

Look like knoppix has it's own tools: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/20/installing-usb-knoppix-51-using-linux/


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